Roger Butler

  • Curator ,
  • Artist (Sculptor)
As the first Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Australia, Roger Butler both shaped the country's most extensive collection of Australian graphic work and undertaken definitive exhibitions of many printmakers.
Tags: Australian Prints, etching, Linocuts
curator of
Sydney by Design: Wood and linoblock prints by Sydney women artists between the Wars
Date
8 March 1995 - 25 April 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (and touring)
Description

touring exhibition (a.k.a. Women Printmakers of the 1920s and 1930s)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
curator of
Women hold up half the sky
Date
March 1995 - April 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Opened by the Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence. Heritage book launched at the same time. The touring exhibition, Sydney by Design, formed one section of this exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
curator of
Bea Maddock: being and nothingness, work from three decades
Date
1993
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

A QAG and NGA touring exhibition. Work from three decades presented by the QAG and the NGA.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Newcastle Gallery exhibition archive; UTAS catalogue; AGNSW annual report;

Exhibition Catalogue:
Butler, Roger and Kirker, Anne, Being and nothingness : Bea Maddock : work from three decades. Canberra : Australian National Gallery, c1991.
ISBN 0642130582

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Printmaking, Mixed media
curator of
Being and nothingness : Bea Maddock : work from three decades.
Date
1992
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

NGA touring exhibition. The first major retrospective of the artist’s work.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Butler, Roger and Kirker, Anne, Being and nothingness : Bea Maddock : work from three decades. Canberra : Australian National Gallery, c1991.
ISBN 0642130582

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Printmaking, Mixed media
curator of
Being and nothingness: Bea Maddock, work from three decades
Date
1992
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

A QAG and NGA touring exhibition. The first major retrospective of the artist’s work.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGV annual report; AGNSW annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Butler, Roger and Kirker, Anne, Being and nothingness : Bea Maddock : work from three decades. Canberra : Australian National Gallery, c1991.
ISBN 0642130582

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Printmaking, Mixed media
curator of
Being and nothingness: Bea Maddock
Date
1992
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

A QAG and NGA touring exhibition, Funded by Australian Airlines Express, Work from three decades presented by the QAG and the NGA.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
QAG annual report; NGV annual report; AGNSW annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Butler, Roger and Kirker, Anne, Being and nothingness : Bea Maddock : work from three decades. Canberra : Australian National Gallery, c1991.
ISBN 0642130582

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Printmaking, Mixed media
curator of
Being and nothingness: Bea Maddock: work from three decades
Date
1992
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

NGA touring exhibition. The first major retrospective of the artist’s work.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery annual report 1992-93

Exhibition Catalogue:
Butler, Roger and Kirker, Anne, Being and nothingness : Bea Maddock : work from three decades. Canberra : Australian National Gallery, c1991.
ISBN 0642130582

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Printmaking, Mixed media
curator of
The distance between smiles and other prints by Nicholas Nedelkopoulos
Date
1991
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGA annual report; http://www.vicnet.net.au/~hwaa/sun.jpg

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Printmaking
curator of
Melbourne woodcuts and linocuts of the 1920's and 1930's
Date
1981 - c.1981
Place
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic (and touring)
Description

Australian Gallery Directors Council touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Australian Gallery Directors Council
exhibited at
Sculpture 1970: the fourth Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Date
28 February 1970 - 18 April 1970
Place
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
Type
Exhibition